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An approach based on the perturbation theory combined with the method of a self-consistent field was used to investigate the dimensional dependence of the specific free surface energy (surface tension) of small drops in a simple fluid. The surface tension decreases with decreasing drop size. The approach proposed also allows one to find the radial density distribution in a small object.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 55–61, August, 2007.
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Samsonov, V.M., Khashin, V.A. & Sdobnyakov, N.Y. Application of the method of a self-consistent field to the calculation of the local density and surface tension of small drops in a simple fluid. Russ Phys J 50, 803–811 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-007-0121-5
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